Thousands of writers, editors, teachers, publishers and others keen for the written word converged in Los Angeles, California, from March 30th to April 2nd for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual conference.
Thousands of writers, editors, teachers, publishers and others keen for the written word converged in Los Angeles, California, from March 30th to April 2nd for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual conference.
“I think if you get the art right, the politics will come along naturally after it. But if you try to make politics the most important part of the piece, then the piece may come off as preachy or didactic and is probably going to have a weaker political effect, ironically, than if you try to deliberately put the politics in there.” ~ Ann Pancake, author of Strange As This Weather Has Been
Novel Written By Robot Passes First Round in Japanese Lit Prize:
The Day A Computer Writes a Novel was written by, as the title suggests, an artificial intelligence program.
Happy Easter, everybody.
“Now, with the arrival of the piano, the hour has again changed and become even noisier. It’s when one of us sits and practices, drinking wine, and then the other does. In a way, we are offering our version of lullabies although, ironically, the one song that I’m not allowed to play is Braham’s ‘Lullaby.'” ~ Joe Mills
I would love to get into the mind of Allison Thorpe. Humor is not easy for a lot of writers, but Thorpe’s words flow onto the page just like melted butter.